The National Assessment of Adult Literacy is considered the best measure of how adults handle everything from completing job applications to computing tips.

Black adults made gains on each type of task tested. White adults made no significant changes except when it came to computing numbers, where they got better.

Hispanics showed sharp declines in their ability to handle prose and documents. The background of U.S. adults has changed since 1992, when the test was last given; fewer people have spoken English before they started school.

When you think about its how American media like to depict them apart. Blacks are view as criminals,loud and rude.Yet they play an important part of American history and the early development of this country so did Asian-Americans.

Like how Asian-American were also protesting during the Civil Rights Movement.You don't read about that in American History books."yellow-power" was down with "black-power" work together and white-middle class America feared.

During WW2 Japanese-Americans were force into concentration camps Executive Order 9066. My adoptive farther told me this and he is West Indian not Asian. I never learn this in school where I live. I swear many Asian-Americans have erase this from their memories.My father study world history not American which is more truthful.

The Immigration Act of 1924 that limited the amount of Asians (Chinese,Japanese,Koreans) moving into this nation.The irony the same thing is being done to Mexican immigrants now.using the same fear propaganda they will steal jobs from Americans so they must be limited.Blaming them for the economic down slop after the war.

he same thing is happening today once again.Arizona wants to pass a bill to limit the amount of Mexican immigrants moving into this nation.Our country is in financial reunions do to a war in the middle east.Tea Party blames the massive increase of illegally Aliens is the reasoning why our economy has slop into a depression.History is repeating itself once again.

There is a lot of social obstacles that both Asian and African Americans have over come. Americans like to use fear propaganda and stereotypes to devalue minorities then depict them from one another.Creating this Us vs Them mentality.

Asian-Americans are coin as model minorities because they have successfully blend in American culture.Without putting up a fight when racially being discriminated agaisnt.Unlike African-Americans refusal to be socially degraded no longer. There are many AA who are sick and tired of being passive.This is why some AA feel the need to "assimilate" and have a more political presence in this nation verse being a mule or a bystander.This will have to end discrimination among those of the AA community.

Just like during the Civil rights movement many Blacks had to get over they're fear of being jailed,killed and harass by non-believers.

We say that our generation is more tolerant of people with different ethnicity and diversity. Yet there is still the old bagged of our parents and grandparents generation holding us back. When are we gonna be free from the ignorance? What happen is in the past,time to step forward and move for a better tomorrow.Asian and African Americans along with Latino Americans should understand by now we will be the majority of this country.So why all the hatred

Posted:MissLadyBunnyMissLadyBunny Posts: 370MemberJuly 2010Like how Asian-American were also protesting during the Civil Rights Movement.You don't read about that in American History books."yellow-power" was down with "black-power" work together and white-middle class America feared.

You stumbled into one of my favorite researches. Please, show us proof that Asians were prominent participants in the Civil Rights Movement. I know of ONE elderly Asian lady that was involved. Outside of that, Asians sat on the side,( perhaps, with refreshments?) watching Blacks get hosed, shoot, dog bitten, beaten, insulted, dragged, bombed,burned, mutilated, raped (yeah, raped),and denied. Don't get me wrong. I have NO case against any race. I just like it told like it was.

I'm a witness ... no Asians, that I can recall ... Where was the "yellow" help for Blacks? anybody? Anybody?

<quoted text>You stumbled into one of my favorite researches. Please, show us proof that Asians were prominent participants in the Civil Rights Movement. I know of ONE elderly Asian lady that was involved. Outside of that, Asians sat on the side,( perhaps, with refreshments?) watching Blacks get hosed, shoot, dog bitten, beaten, insulted, dragged, bombed,burned, mutilated, raped (yeah, raped),and denied. Don't get me wrong. I have NO case against any race. I just like it told like it was.I'm a witness ... no Asians, that I can recall ... Where was the "yellow" help for Blacks? anybody? Anybody?

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